Heather Burns
Biography
Heather Burns (born April 7, 1975) is an American actress, known for her role as Miss Rhode Island Cheryl Frasier in the 2000 film Miss Congeniality and its 2005 sequel, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous. Burns was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father Jim Burns played basketball for the Chicago Bulls. She is married to actor Ajay Naidu. She is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Burns has appeared in a number of films with Sandra Bullock, including Miss Congeniality (2000), Two Weeks Notice (2002) and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). More recently she starred in the film What's Your Number? (2011), she held a recurring role opposite Zach Galifinakis in the HBO series Bored to Death and plays Trish in the Amazon webseries Sneaky Pete (2017).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Miss Congeniality
as Cheryl Frasier
2000
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Cheryl Frasier
2005
Two Weeks Notice
as Meryl Brooks
2002
Watching the Detectives
as Denise
2007
You've Got Mail
as Christina Plutzker
1998
Bewitched
as Nina
2005
Kill the Poor
as Scarlet
2003
Choke
as Internet Date / Gwen
2008
The Groomsmen
as Jules
2006
You Are Here*
as Lydia
2000
Valley of the Sun
as Betsy
2011
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
as Erin Fitzgerald
2012
Perception
as Ramona
2005
Ashes
as Jasmine
2011
Princeton's in the Mix
as Beth
2023
The Best You Can
as Rosemary
2025
What's Your Number?
as Eileen
2011
Manchester by the Sea
as Jill
2016
Breaking Upwards
as Hannah
2009
Brave New Jersey
as Lorraine Davison
2017
TV Appearances
The $treet
as Joanne Sacker
2000
Twenty Good Years
as Stella Mason
2006
The Beat
as Beatrice Felsen
2000
The Unusuals
2009
The Good Fight
as Toni Hedger
2017
Bored to Death
as Leah
2009
Save Me
as Jenna Dennings
2013
Elementary
as Chloe Butler
2012
Blue Bloods
as Sister Mary
2010
Law & Order
as Lana Madison
1990
Blindspot
as Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
2015
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Claire Quinn
2001